Hospital changes command

4:33 PM,
Oct. 1, 2013

State Sen. Greg Tarver, D-Shreveport, Dr. John George and Steve Skrivanos chat during a public ceremony marking the Biomedical Research Foundation's takeover of LSU Hospital in Shreveport now known as University Health.

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Biomedical Research Foundation officials and managers at the former LSU hospitals in Shreveport and Monroe will start checking items off a 100-day plan after the hospital moved to private management Tuesday.

Just minutes after the hospital reopened as University Health, a helicopter dropped off a trauma patient from Natchitoches. Employees also continued caring for about 400 patients at the two hospitals.

"Everything went without a hitch," said Dr. John George, foundation president and CEO. ...